Paint Touches

This story was originally published on FoxSports.com. A combination of foul trouble, unlucky bounces and stifling defense held Marquette to its worst shooting performance of the season in its 68-58 Sweet 16 loss to Florida on Thursday. The undermanned Golden Eagles essentially were playing with a seven-man rotation, including a hobbled Davante Gardner, against the […]

2013 Whitefish Bay Dominican H.S. point guard Duane Wilson Jr. committed to Marquette on Tuesday, marking the second commitment for Buzz Williams and the Golden Eagles for the 2013 class. Wilson is the younger cousin of current sophomore forward, Jamil Wilson. Wilson announced his commitment to the Golden Eagles at a pep rally at his […]

For the past two days, Marquette heard plenty of chatter regarding Brigham Young’s interior size, height advantage at each position and two leading scorers, Noah Hartsock and Brandon Davies, who stood 6-foot-8 and 6-foot-9, respectively. Thursday afternoon, the Golden Eagles quit listening and instead let their play do the talking. The result was a dominating […]

Marquette reached the 20-win mark under Buzz Williams on Monday for the fourth time in as many seasons and will look to add another tally in the win column on Saturday afternoon against Cincinnati. But instead of breaking down the Bearcats, we decided this week to use each question and gear it toward each position […]

Jamil Wilson likes to smile. When his team is losing, he smiles. When his team is winning, he smiles. When he walks to class, he smiles. Monday night, Jamil Wilson had plenty of reasons to smile. Wilson finished Marquette’s 89-76 victory over DePaul with his first career double-double, including career-highs in points (18) and rebounds […]

Marquette used one of its better second halves of basketball of the season to fuel a comeback for an 89-76 win over DePaul Monday night. The Golden Eagles (20-5, 9-3 Big East) outscored the Blue Demons 49-33 in the second half, and shot 53.1 percent from the field while turning the ball over just three […]